Behavioral and genetic differentiation between native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant

Biological Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-53

  Suarez, Andrew V ^a   Tsutsui, Neil D ^a   Holway, David A ^a   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biological invasions; Competition; Invasive ants; Linepithema humile; Microsatellites; Nestmate recognition; Population bottleneck; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0038382016     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010038413690     Document Type: Article

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